[Groop] The Hogs of Horder #1

ppieda at hotmail.com ppieda at hotmail.com
Wed Nov 25 16:34:38 PST 2009


Hi,
I miss the secret messages that used to appear occasionally.
Loved the one with the message in binary on the wall paper.. :)

Peter

Mo orst wrote:
> Haven't picked up HOH. Not sure if I will... the Groo Special and Hell 
> On Earth were enough to dissuade me of this particular brand of Groo. 
> Classic Groo focussed on situational comedy, and the morals always 
> came second. Which is why the morals in all the old books are timeless 
> and infinitely more affecting than those of recent years.
>  
> That's fine if the Groo Crew feel they need to be political activists 
> at this time, I support them in that endeavor. But Groo used to be the 
> main character in his comic. For whatever reason, he is now a subtext 
> to the hammer being swung. It is akin to Batman's rote status as a 
> "main character" in The Dark Knight.
>  
> Honestly, Groo has not been himself since the Image run.
>
> -Al 
>
>
>  
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> Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:15:12 -0600
> From: ryan.gsimmons at gmail.com
> To: Groop at groo.com
> Subject: Re: [Groop] The Hogs of Horder #1
>
> You're not alone.  I miss the old Groo as well.
>
> On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 10:03 AM, John T <comics230 at cox.net 
> <mailto:comics230 at cox.net>> wrote:
>
>     Several months ago, I dropped my comic book subscription. So after
>     1,560 plus weeks, I did not get any comics. Monday, I was near my
>     last comic book shop and stopped in to get the Hogs of Horder #1.
>
>      
>
>     And I was disappointed.
>
>      
>
>     Maybe it’s me, but I miss the old Groo. It was always nice to have
>     moral to the story, but, if I want to be hit over the head with a
>     political view, I’ll turn on FOX or MSNBC. When I read Groo, I
>     want be entertained. Frankly, with the last few series, I haven’t
>     been. It isn’t like I don’t agree with most the messages presented
>     in Groo. It is just this not what I want out of Groo.
>
>      
>
>     Groo was, and always will be, important to me on many different
>     levels. I will always support Sergio & Mark. I just may not read
>     Groo anymore.
>
>      
>
>     John P. Torregrossa
>
>     PO Box 28184
>
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>
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